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Curation Foods believes the salad kit space at retail is a key location to benefit from the plant-centered diet trend, and the company’s Eat Smart salad kits can capitalize on the trend.
Pilgrim’s Foodliner and Riesbeck’s Food Market are new companies to the Market. C & M Mushrooms, Economy Produce & Vegetable Co., Heritage Organic Farm, Michael Farms Inc., Shamrock Foods Company & others have updates.
Fox Packaging, McAllen, Texas, has promoted Lucas Fox to director of operations.
Carissa Olsen is the new president and CEO of NoKota Packers Inc., Buxton, N.D.
Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has hired Mike Browne as chief operating officer.
Chef Vincent Gilliard recently returned to a favorite item to base a recipe on, the SnapDragon apple.
Food safety and sanitation company PSSI, Kieler, Wis., has promoted Josh Hinkle to senior vice president of the East Region.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Tricia Kovacs as deputy administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Transportation and Marketing Program.
Tim York, president of Salinas, Calif.-based Markon Cooperative, is the keynote speaker for the opening day of the Western Food Safety Summit.
Citrus fruits enjoy a loyal organic following. Families with kids really favor organic oranges.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has released a new video, Avocado Blitz, as part of its Avo Effect campaign.
Columbus, Ohio-based DNO Inc. has been awarded a three-year, $48 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency for delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Golden Sun Marketing, Mound Minn., has hired Tim Rogers as business development manager and Jason Fuller as vice president.
Cal-Organic Farms is shipping bunches of organic red carrots from Coachella, Calif.
Celery was the leading fresh commodity for retail sales growth in 2019, and it wasn’t even close.
Berry growers and trade associations in the U.S., Mexico and South America are pledging to use 100% recycle-ready packaging for all fresh berries by 2025.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., Summerland, British Columbia, the grower and marketer of the bioengineered Arctic apple varieties, has been purchased by TS Biotechnology Holdings LLC.
FLM Harvest, Minneapolis, has hired Cristie Mather as vice president of food.
China is cutting in half tariffs on U.S. fruit and other goods imposed in September and December last year, but leaving in place heftier tariffs imposed in 2018.
West Pak Avocado has added Chris Wortman to its sales and business development team.
New Zealand’s T&G Global fruit company has entered into an agreement that will bring larger blueberries to export markets.
Brookshire Grocery Company, Packaging Personified Inc., and Schur Star Systems Inc. are new companies to the Market. Best Fresh Produce Inc., Canyon Sales Company LLC, General Produce Co. and other have changes.
Rico Farms has opened its third location Mexico and is shipping its first crop of organic hard squash.
Cooperativa de Consumo Sta Anita SCL has been Endorsed. Giunta’s Meat Farms and Idea Fresh LLC are new companies to the Market. Family Farm Inc., Feeding San Diego, Gamble Farm Organics LLC and others have updates.
The Texas International Produce Association has postponed the Viva Fresh Expo, and is considering whether to cancel it altogether, as concerns about COVID-19 escalate.
Chapman Fruit Co. Inc., Immokalee, Fl., offered vine-ripe tomatoes for the first time in the fall, plans to have more in the spring and will increase the line next fall, said director Stephen Madonia.
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling H-E-B brand Tuscan Herb Salad Kits shipped to stores in Texas because of possible undeclared allergens.
Citing the spread of the coronavirus, organizers of the Italian international fruit and vegetable expo Macfrut have rescheduled the event from May to September.
The United Fresh Produce Association, Washington, D.C., has a new slate of officers and directors.
The forecast for U.S. fruit and vegetable imports in fiscal year 2019 was raised by $200 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.